Zinc and wounds

[Guest guest]

I was questioned today at my LTC consulting job about limiting zinc

supplementation to 220mg qd x 10-14 days for wounds. My understanding

is that longer use could deplete copper due to the competitive nature

of the 2 minerals.

Is my thinking correct? And if so, do you have any backing so we can

place a protocol in place? I've been searching PubMed, but can come up

with anything.

Thanks.

Kathy Irwin, RD, LDN